Agfa Healthcare Nv

Volkmar Voigtländer

Günther Schindlbeck

Thomas Hartmann

Johannes Hölzl

Rudolf Werkstetter

Franz Auer

An apparatus () for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates with an input unit, () for inputting a plurality of cassettes () which can be stacked one behind the other in a direction of stacking (S) within the input unit (), has an oblong accommodation well () for accommodating one of the cassettes (), the accommodation well () being adjacent to the input unit (), a moving device () for horizontally moving the cassette () accommodated by the accommodation well () along a path of movement, and a deflection element () for deflecting a next cassette located within the input unit () which is adjacent to the cassette () accommodated by the accommodation well () and projects at least partially into the path of movement, the deflection element () being positioned and designed such that with horizontal movement of the cassette () located within the accommodation well (), due to contact between the cassette () located within the accommodation well () and the next cassette () located within the input unit () a force is exerted upon the latter in the direction of stacking (S) and thus moves out of the path of movement.

Apparatus for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates

An apparatus () for reading out, in a time-saving and reliable way, X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates with an input unit () in which a plurality of cassettes () in which a storage phosphor plate to be read out is respectively located, can be input. A read-out unit () is located beneath the input unit () and in which storage phosphor plates can be read out, it being possible to remove a storage phosphor plate from a cassette () located within the input unit () and to convey it to the read-out unit () located beneath the input unit () in order to read out the storage phosphor plate, and to convey it back into the cassette located within the input unit () after having read out the storage phosphor plate, an output unit () which is adjacent to the input unit () and in which cassettes () can be output, and a moving device for moving the cassette () located within the input unit () the storage phosphor plate of which has been read out in the read-out unit () located beneath the input unit () along a substantially horizontal path of movement to the output unit adjacent to the input unit ().

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Volkmar Voigtländer